Chapter 85 Are you going to sweep the floor?
The old ancestor was determined to die.
"Your Excellency."
Just then, the vassal arrived seeking the emperor's domain. A sudden downpour began. The vassal had originally intended to inquire whether the hunt would proceed as usual that night. However, the rain stopped halfway through his journey, and he already knew the answer.
"My Lord, is it the Four Seasons that are crying?"
The rain came and went quickly, which could only be related to that little fairy of the four seasons.
Di Jiang said, "We'll hunt as usual tonight, so prepare as usual."
The vassal nodded in agreement, but a sense of doubt lingered in his heart. He then asked the emperor, "Then what are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be resting at this hour?"
Di Jiang said, "I'll come out and get a broom."
The vassal's expression was strange: "You want to sweep the floor?"
Emperor Jiang remained silent, standing with his hands behind his back, waiting for his vassal to fetch him a broom.
The vassal glanced around and saw a broom in the corner. He hesitated several times before handing it over: "What area do you need me to sweep? Shall I sweep it for you? The inner palace or..."
Emperor Jiang silently took the broom, and the vassal watched his lord leave.
I've seen him wield a knife, a sword, and a long whip, but I've never seen him hold a broom. In his hands, the broom seems like a weapon, as if he's about to engage in a life-or-death battle with someone.
In the end, the broom only swept away the broken cups and saucers.
That night, Siji rested between Dijiang and Duanjiuyou.
She was still afraid they would quarrel, and Di Jiang was forced to give up his idea of sleeping alone in the study for this period of time because of Siji's persistent pestering.
But he could not get over this awkwardness in his heart. Duan Jiuyou never spoke when he was alone with Di Jiang. He only pretended to be affectionate in front of Siji. When Siji was around, they were inseparable. As soon as Siji left, they quickly separated and ignored each other.
They themselves didn't care, but it worried another person, Xue Ciyi, who was eagerly hoping they would get married soon.
He had an informant in the abandoned house. After hearing that the two had quarreled, he was so anxious that he wrote twelve letters to Emperor Jiang, urging him to prioritize the overall situation.
Emperor Jiang's only response was: Mind your own business!
He also took the opportunity to remove the people Xue Ciyi had placed around him, leaving Xue Ciyi helpless and anxious.
The weather in the Ten Realms has truly improved. Every day is sunny and warm, with flowers blooming. Xiao Siji's mood is stable and cheerful, and the people can finally take out their perpetually damp quilts to air them out.
Emperor Jiang ordered someone to move a small couch to the courtyard, and he spent his days lying on the couch basking in the sun.
Duan Jiuyou watched coldly, guessing that he was waiting for someone—his eyes held a calculating glint, which he concealed deeply.
Duan Jiuyou paid close attention to his emotions over a long period of time, and eventually developed a keen eye for them.
This man, however, couldn't hold back any longer and personally visited the place in less than half a month.
"Lord Wilderness, you seem to be in high spirits. It seems the weather in the Ten Realms has been quite to your liking lately."
On a bright and sunny afternoon, a person dressed in fine silk suddenly visited the abandoned house.
He was tall and strong, wearing a black iron mask that covered his entire body, with only a pair of gloomy eyes visible. Behind him, an attendant held an umbrella for him without leaving his side, as if he couldn't stand even a little light.
Di Jiang looked up from the small couch with a playful, amused expression.
"The Demon God seems to be in quite a mood, coming to visit my abandoned home in this scorching sun. Aren't you afraid of getting sunburned?"
Duan Jiuyou's gaze swept back and forth between the two of them.
Among the ten realms, only the Sin God Yuan Chi can be called a "god" by the Emperor.
He is the ruler of the Ten Realms of Breaking Wind. Before entering the Ten Realms, he was the commander of the Martial God Department of the Heavenly Extreme Palace. Later, he was banished to the Ten Realms by Emperor Shao Hao for secretly practicing evil arts.
Legend has it that this person's true form was a swamp beast, who loved dampness and hated light. After falling into the Tenth Realm, he went through a power struggle within the realm and was severely injured by the Crimson Flame Demon, leaving him with a chronic condition of being afraid of the sun.
Emperor Jiang and his body were of opposite constitutions, one sensitive to cold and the other to light.
Duan Jiuyou frowned slightly. It turned out that the Emperor's arrival in the Four Seasons was not for the people of the Ten Realms, nor for himself, but for the Sin God Yuan Chi.
Yuan Chi let out a series of low laughs and sat down opposite Di Jiang: "Didn't the Lord of the Wilderness make the weather so terrible so that I would come to find you?"
“Terrible?” Di Jiang’s expression turned strange. “I’m afraid you’re the only one who liked that kind of awful weather before. You’re different from everyone else, but you make the people of this region suffer. I really can’t bear it.”
Yuan Chi coldly said, "When did the infamous Lord of the Great Wilderness ever care so much about the lives of ordinary people? During the chaotic war of slaying gods, when the world was turned upside down, when two lords fought for control of the heavens, and countless people died, you showed no pity for the innocent lives back then, but now you're playing the good guy here with me?"
"I was young then, but now that I'm older, I suddenly understand the advantages of being a good person. Otherwise, if we're both fighting for power, vying for supremacy, and someone is killed just because they have a stronger aura of menace than others, wouldn't that be a terrible injustice?"
These words were too pointed. Duan Jiuyou, sipping his sweet drink, turned his gaze to the newly blooming flowers and grasses in the garden. He thought to himself: Why are you pointing this out at me?
Yuan Chi gritted his teeth: "It's been less than a year since you seized the Heavenly Realm, and you already talk about growth?"
"Good and evil are separated by a single thought. It may take a year, or it may just be a moment to lay down the butcher's knife. If the Demon God is not satisfied with this answer, then it is because I am afraid of the cold and cannot bear the bitter cold of the Ten Realms. Are you satisfied with this answer?"
The attendant holding the umbrella could no longer tolerate the emperor's arrogance and sternly rebuked him.
"Emperor Jiang! You are nothing but a defeated monarch, yet you dare to be disrespectful to us demon gods! Don't forget whose territory you are in now!!"
Throughout the entire Ten Realms, who dares to be disrespectful to their Demon God?!
Di Jiang didn't even lift his eyelids.
A dark shadow flashed by, and the vassal swiftly sent his attendant flying dozens of meters.
The paper umbrella used for sunshade fell to the ground, and the attendant who had been holding it struggled for a moment before falling lifeless.
Yuan Chi's eyes turned cold, and a squad of tenth-realm imperial guards instantly appeared within the abandoned house. Hundreds of longbows were simultaneously pointed at the imperial territory, their arrowheads gathering spiritual power, sharp and fierce.
Faced with an opponent like Dijiang, why would Yuan Chi come alone?
Di Jiang shifted his posture, leaning against one of the armrests, and casually surveyed Yuan Chi's men.
"These few bows and arrows alone are probably not enough."
After speaking, he flicked his sleeve and unleashed a heaven-shaking halo. Before the Yuan Chi guards could even make a move, their internal organs were shattered, and they coughed up a pool of thick blood.
The suppression of demons by gods, and the disdain of the strong for the weak, were clearly revealed at this moment.
A long wind lifted half of Di Jiang's long hair, revealing a cool gaze with a hint of mockery in his eyes.
The strongest cultivator in the Three Realms possesses more than just a silver tongue that can infuriate people.
Yuan Chi's eyes flashed with a fierce light, but he forcibly suppressed it in the next instant. He suddenly burst into laughter: "It was my negligence that allowed them to lose their manners and dare to show off their skills in front of the Lord of the Wilderness. I hope the Lord of the Wilderness will not blame me."
Di Jiang smiled calmly as usual: "I am not a very magnanimous person and I like to speak my mind. If the Demon God wants the weather of the Tenth Realm to return to what it was before, he should give me something in exchange."
Yuan Chi was once injured by the claws of the Flame Beast and needed the power of the weather to suppress the burning pain in his body. The weather in the Tenth Realm was harsh, which was just right for recuperating old injuries. Now that the weather has changed suddenly, he has been in pain for a long time.
He was unaware that the weather was changing due to the mood of the Four Seasons Demon, and only thought that Di Jiang was behind it. He had come today with the intention of intimidation, but he did not expect that Di Jiang's divine power would recover so quickly.
That earth-shattering power could only be unleashed by Emperor Jiang at his peak. Yuan Chi deduced that Emperor Jiang's primordial spirit had recovered, so he could only temporarily set aside his stance.
"What do you want? If it's this land of the Ten Realms, you'll occupy half a city as soon as you arrive, and there won't be enough ferocious beasts for you to hunt. Do you still want to compete with me for a share? I bet you don't want it."
This is also why Yuan Chi never initiated a conflict with Di Jiang.
How could the dignified Lord of the Great Wilderness possibly take a mere Ten Realms seriously?
He'll leave sooner or later, and he'll have a huge fight with that guy in heaven!
As for what Dijiang wanted, Yuan Chi pretended to be confused: "Could it be that the Wilderness Lord values the women in my Ten Realms Royal Palace? That's easy to handle. The Wilderness Lord can come into my palace and choose whatever he wants. I can give them all away without hesitation."
Di Jiang looked at Duan Jiuyou not far away: "My wife is sitting over there. Don't start talking without thinking. If things get out of hand, I won't be able to control it."
Yuan Chi had only recently heard that Di Jiang had a family, but he didn't take it seriously.
To Yuan Chi, women were merely appendages, always inferior to men. Especially since Duan Jiuyou sat far away from them, it seemed he was not well-regarded by the imperial court.
One of them was lying on a small couch, while the other sat with his back to the other by the flower-filled pond not far away. They were a couple who were very close, each sitting in their own place.
Yuan Chi inwardly looked down on this lady of the Emperor's court, but said aloud, "I didn't notice you just now, madam. It was my carelessness. May I ask which noble family you come from? Would you like to come and sit with us?"
Di Jiang answered on Duan Jiuyou's behalf: "She's just an insignificant little turtle, with a bad temper and a short temper, and she can't stand these social niceties."
As she spoke, she laughed at herself, because she saw Duan Jiuyou's head twitch, as if he wanted to turn around and yell at her, but he managed to hold back.
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